Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Report!" Jin Wuwei led a person into the main hall and said, "Report to the lord, His Majesty has an order to return to Beijing."

"Where is the handbook?"

The visitor held the handbook, and Defang took it with both hands, opened it and looked at it, and said to the visitor, "Repay Your Majesty, just say that the lonely king knows, and everything will be done according to Your Majesty's wishes."

"Yes, I will retire." The visitor exited the hall, and several officials asked, "My lord, what is your majesty's intention?"

"Your Majesty wants to reward the hermit Yang Pu with silk." De Fang looked at the Minister of the Household Department, "Master Jiang, this matter should be done as soon as possible. Besides, everyone, Your Majesty will return to Beijing in three days. After welcoming you, the lonely king will report these things." You should also prepare for the internal affairs of the day so that His Majesty can ask you questions."

"Yes, my lord"

"Report!" The Jinwu Guard brought another person in, "My lord, there is a battle report!"

"Battle report?" Defang approached the visitor, who was a messenger soldier, and asked, "Where is the battle report?"

The soldiers knelt down and held up the battle report with both hands, "Return to the lord, it is the victory report of General Cao Wei of the Northwest Town Army!"

Defang quickly took the battle report and looked at it, "Okay! Hahaha, if Your Majesty knows, he will be very happy."

"My lord, could it be that DANG Xiang broke his promise and sent troops to violate the country again?"

"No, it is one of the clan of Dangxiang. They sent troops to rob the border towns of their own cattle, sheep, carts and horses. General Cao sent troops to win the battle, but when he returned with the captured cattle, sheep, carts and horses, the soldiers were a little scattered because of the victory. Seeing this, General Cao's generals advised General Cao to give up these cattle and sheep with little money, and return with the whole army to prevent the enemy from attacking again, but General Cao did not accept it, but continued to return. They were greedy for cattle and sheep, so they turned back immediately, intending to snatch them again."

A minister heard this and said, "General Cao is too careless. For the sake of some cattle and sheep, he doesn't care about the enemy to commit another crime."

"No," Defang said, "General Cao is very familiar with the terrain. He led his troops slowly to reduce physical exertion, and then stopped at a place that was very favorable for combat. But the general said to the Rong Kou: You are exhausted after marching for hundreds of miles. You will not want to take advantage of others, so you should rest for a while before deciding the victory. The Rong Kou are naturally happy, and they all got off their horses and rested."

"What?" The minister was surprised, "There is no reason to let the enemy rest when they are in front of them."

"This is where General Cao is familiar with the art of war," Defang said. After being defeated by General Cao, General Cao returned victoriously with cattle, sheep, chariots and horses, and his troops were also very puzzled. Although the soldiers are tired, they still have vigor, so I pretended to let them rest, so that the soldiers lost all vigor, and at this time, leading the army to attack them, there is no reason to be invincible."

"General Cao, this is also a risky move."

"That's true." Defang smiled, "but the generals of the border town have been fighting with troops all year round, and they know the enemy's bandits well. They memorize the art of war, and the terrain is as clear as palm prints. They lead the enemy personally, and their combat power is not to be underestimated." Look, in the face of Rong Kou, how to attack the enemy is not what we can expect, hehehe"

After discussing the matter, Defang took Baili to the outside of the palace, and Baili suddenly pointed, "My lord, look, isn't that the empress's second brother, the envoy of Chongyi and the governor of Quanzhou Guo Guoshu?"